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Archive for May, 2010
SHC announces summer holidays
May 31st
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) will observe summer holidays from June 7 to August 7 while announcement has also been made about holidays for Sindh district courts.
According to notification issued by Registrar SHC Abdul Qadir Soomro said during holid…
Sri Lanka cricket board third most corrupt: minister
May 31st
COLOMBO: The governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka is the island nation”s third-most dishonest institution, the country”s new sports minister said on Monday.
“The first and second are education and police. Sri Lanka Cricket is the third-most corrupt institution in the country,” minister Chandrasiri Bandara Ratnayake told reporters in Colombo.
Currently run by an interim committee, Sri Lanka Cricket has been dogged by financial scandals. The minister said he will disclose the financial misdeeds in the coming weeks.
Ratnayake has promised to clean up Sri Lanka Cricket which has grown rich through lucrative television and sponsorship deals for the country”s most popular sport.
The minister also added he would replace the current interim committee headed by former spinner Somchandra de Silva next week. There was no immediate comment from the committee members.
Ratnayake said he would appoint a new set of administrators to prepare for the cricket World Cup that Sri Lanka will co-host with India and Bangladesh in February-April.
Pak-Proteas series in UAE, Schedule released
May 31st
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the schedule of Pakistan’s home series against South Africa which will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this year.
The Pakistan-South Africa series will be consisted of a Twenty20 I…
Pro-Palestinian Turks shout slogans “death to Israel”
May 31st
Ankara: Pro-Palestinian Turks shout slogans “death to Israel” as they protest against Israel, at the entrance of Israeli ambassador’s residence in Ankara on Monday.
England win by 8 wkts after Tigers collapse at Lord’s
May 31st
LONDON: England eased to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh on the final day of the first Test on Monday after Steven Finn captured five wickets in an innings in his first Test at Lord”s.
Finn, 21, who made his debut on the two-Test tour of …
Israel in eye of storm over Gaza ship raid
May 31st
ANKARA: Israel”s regional allies froze military ties as angry protests erupted over the storming Monday of aid ships bound for Gaza, while Muslim leaders demanded swift UN action to punish the “criminal” assault.
United Nations Secretary General Ban …
Protests against attack on Freedom Flotilla
May 31st
KARACHI: People from all walks of life here on Monday staged protest against Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla, a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists and relief goods for people in Gaza.
Gathered in front of Karachi Press Club, the protestors ign…
UNSC to meet at 10pm on Gaza crisis
May 31st
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon for an emergency session to discuss Israel”s storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Security Council diplomats told Reuters.
Diplomats said the meeting would start at 1…
Israeli PM continues Canada trip despite diplomatic crisis
May 31st
TORONTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing his visit to Canada despite a diplomatic crisis over the deadly storming of an aid flotilla that killed at least 19 people.
Netanyahu was to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Har…
Israel minister in Qatar says Gaza convoy was warned
May 31st
DOHA: Israel knew “what might happen” to a Gaza aid convoy that was the target of a deadly commando raid on Monday, and had warned pro-Palestinian activists against proceeding, an Israeli minister said in Doha.
“We were aware to what might happen, we …
